Autobiography

Last week when I was sitting at my table watching everyone go over their presentations, I couldn't help but flashback to my younger days. Not much younger, but younger none-the-less. I was able to see how much our media plays a part in our lives. So many of us watched the same things, listened to the same music, and found the same things interesting. I also could not believe that I was not the only one that was influenced by media that came before my time. It was a lot of fun to see what influenced people while growing up, and I found a lot od similarities even though we are quite individual now.

I also went home this weekend and looked through a lot of things from my childhood. I reread a lot of the books that I read as a child. I also came home to discover that my roommate's dog ate my teddy bear, Mickey, while I was gone! I thought it was a little ironic how I went home and was reminiscing over all the great things that I did as a child while my favorite thing in the world, (or at least close to my favorite thing) was getting destroyed in Kent. He is a little battered, and he now has no nose, but I think it is fixable. He was not able to digest the plastic nose, which is very surprising since he eats rocks and socks everyday, so I am going to try to fix it. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great. I can't sew it, so if there is any type of glue you can think of let me know. I feel a little better since I told them my dead grandmother got the bear for me, and she wasn't coming back to buy me another one. I realize it was a little overdramatic, but they should not have let their satanic dog loose in my bedroom while I was gone.

Now that I have completely gone off topic, I want to say that I have been reading Sherman Alexie's poetry. I have also realized that I read him often, and I don't read much else. I have decided to get some Jack Kerouac texts as well as some other beat poet's work. Reading them in U.S. Lit got my attention, but I feel as though I need more of it. I just don't think this class is doing many of the texts justice.

Now I am going to go dye my hair. Seeing all the hair commercials has made me realize that my roots are in fact showing, and I look terrible. Till next time!